STATESBORO, Ga. (June 15, 2019) - Orlando City B (3-7-3, 12 points) fell short, 2-0, to South Georgia Tormenta FC (6-1-4, 22 points) on Saturday night. This served as the team’s first trip on the road in over a week, and third game in eight days.
After a scoreless first half, Tormenta was able to open the scoring in the 54th minute with a goal by Mikie Rowe following a corner. Tormenta doubled the scoring late in the second half with a goal from midfielder Alex Morrell in the 86th minute.
Defender Randy Mendoza returned to the starting XI after being loaned out to the Club’s MLS side, Orlando City SC, for its first game in the 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in Memphis on Wednesday, June 12.
Next Match
Orlando City B continues on the road as it travels north to Michigan to face Lansing Ignite on Saturday, June 22. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Scoring Summary:
TRM - Mikie Rowe 54’
TRM - Alex Morrell (Yaw Amankwa) 86’
Orlando City B – GK Juliano Chade; D Matheus Silva, Nathan Simeon; M Randy Mendoza, Rafael Santos © (Tresor Mbuyu 75’), Austin Amer (Steven Hernandez 58’), Serginho, Leo Simas; F Thiago De Souza (Koby Osei-Wusu 68’), Will Bagrou, Ates Diouf
Unused Substitutes: GK Christian Herrera ©; D Jordan Hill, Tanner Hummel; F Luc Granitur
South Georgia Tormenta FC – GK Pablo Jara; D William Antley, Michael O’Sullivan (Jerry Saint-Vil 48’), Joshua Phelps, Daltyn Knutson; M Nil Vinyals, Charlie Dennis, Marco Micaletto, Dalton Pando (Jad Arslan 55’), Alex Morrell; F Mikie Rowe (Yaw Amankwa 84’)
Unused Substitutes: GK Matias Reynares; D Michael Mecham; M Peter Pearson; F Kaleb Jackson
Details of the Game:
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Weather: Clear
Date: June 15, 2019
Attendance: 1,830
